Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-02-02
49th Congress---Second Session.

1 WASHINGTON, feD L, 1901.
SENATE.-A message from the Presiden
vetoing the bill granting pension to Mrs
| Margaret Dunlap, of Missouri, was presented
and referred. (The President bases his dis
| approval on the ground that the death OF
| the woman's husband was caused by quar-
| rel with a comrade and did not occur in the
line of duty.)
Among the bills reported from committees
and placed on the calendar was one to REIN
burse the depositors of the Freedmen's Saw
ing and Trust company for losses incurred
by the failure of that company and another
to pay to the several States and territories
monies called for direct taxes under the act
of August, 1861; also to refund duties paid
to the State of New York on arms imported
in 1868.
At 2 o'clock the unfinished business
Beck's railroad attorney bill-was presented,
but laid aside informally and the Senate pro-
ceeded with the consideration of the sundry
civil bill. In discussing one of the items
Mr.. Allison said that if Congress appropriat-
ed the full amounts estimated for and added
thereto what would be required for pensions
there would be little if any surplus left for
the next year unless the revenue was largely
increased. The total of the estimates was
about $406, 100000.
A number of amendments were adopted,
among which were the following: By Mr..
Sherman appropriating SOC, 900 to assist the
Marietta centennial monument association in
the erection of a monument at Marietta, O.,
in the celebration of the ordinance of 1887
and the first settlement of the Northwest
territory. By Mr.. Miller appropriating
$3.50, 200 for the purchase of the
property at Middletown, Richmond county,
now used as marine hospital for the port
of New York. By Mr.. Hoar appropriating
1925, 600 for the purchase of site and the
commencement of public building at Wor-
cester, Mass. By Mr.. Malone app1opriating
$40, 600 for public building at Harrison
burg, Va, and 100000 for public build
ing at New Bedford, Mass. By Mr.. Sewell
appropriating $50, 900 for site for public
building Mt Camden, N. ]. By Mr.. Frye APP
propriating $50, 900 for the entertain ment OF
the international congress at its ninth annu-
al meeting in Washington in September,
1887. By Mr.. Spooner appropri ating $780,
600 for the public building at LaCross, Wis,
in addition to the 100000 heretofore appro-
priated. By Mr.. Plumb appropriating $40,-
600 to complete the building at Fort Scott,
Kansas.
At 5:45 pm. without disposing of the bills
the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-Committee reports were submit
ted granting pension to Walt Whitman and
prescribing compensation of clerks to Con-
gressmen not chairmen of committees An
adverse report from the committee on in
valid pensions was submitted by Mr. Taulbec
of Kentucky, on the bills granting pensions
to the widows of Generals Logan and Blair
and the report was referred to the private
calendar.
In the morning hour a bill was passed au-
thorizing the United States treasurer to
credit the District of Columbia with certain
moneys in lieu of investing the same in
bonds
At the expiration of the morning hour the
House-112 to 126-refused to consider the
army reorganization BILL
Before moving to go into committee of the
whole for consideration of the bill for the
consolidation of the naval bureaus Mr.. 81 err
bert moved to limit debate on the pending
section to two minutes. The limitation was
objected to by the opponents of the bill on
the Republican side and they 1esorted to
parliamentary tactics to defeat it. The
House was left without quorum, in which
condition it remained until o'clock, when
recess was taken until 7:30. The evening
session was devoted TO the consideration of
bills reported from the committee on militia
ry affairs